marko_tomas13 Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Hey gang,I'm in the process of cleaning out a friends computer and I have found a file that i cannot delete. I tried the right click delete (obviously) and it only gives options to add to playlist ect.. (WMP functions). I then tried deleting in safe mode and again no. Tried through command prompt, again no. I then tried using a 3rd party delete program, again no. I finally asked him what he downloaded and it turns out it was a movie trailer and when i searched for it i found out it was a 100 KB or so file that is on the computer now, but does not exist .I'm stumped on this one and what to do further anyone else got any suggestions? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
handplane Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Have you tried to replace foldername with the name of the folder to be deleted. This should delete a folder with all its subfolders. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marko_tomas13 Posted March 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Have you tried to replace foldername with the name of the folder to be deleted. This should delete a folder with all its subfolders. I do not quite understand what you mean by that can you reword or explain again? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
handplane Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Sorry, should have previewed my first post.Try again,Rename the folder and try deleting it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marko_tomas13 Posted March 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Sorry, should have previewed my first post.Try again,Rename the folder and try deleting it. Ya i forgot to put in that i had tried that already too (the file though cannot be renamed because it does not give me the option at all) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
handplane Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Hope you can get some help from this Google Search. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tg1911 Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Don't know what OS you have, but have you tried this:Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 308421How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 MoveOnBoot - move or delete files on next reboot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marko_tomas13 Posted March 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 MoveOnBoot - move or delete files on next reboot Thanks for the link, i tried a similar program but both give me the same thing, when i try to select the file, it pretty much gives me something to the extent of could not find path, make sure the the correct file name was given...I need to rename it but cannot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 Is it in the Temp or Temporary Internet File folders? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marko_tomas13 Posted March 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 Is it in the Temp or Temporary Internet File folders? No thats what i thought originally but its in my documents and i sadly cannot move it anywhere... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
handplane Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 From Microsoft:Delete a file in My Documents. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marko_tomas13 Posted March 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 From Microsoft:Delete a file in My Documents. Thanks for the link but as all else, it has failed lol....This one has me really stumped and i've worked through many PC problems before. I've tried everything i can think of Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tg1911 Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 Have you tried to just overwrite the file with a program like Eraser? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 If this is WinXP are you trying this logged in as admin? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marko_tomas13 Posted March 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 If this is WinXP are you trying this logged in as admin? Ya sorry i forgot to throw that in with the original post... It is XP pro SP1 and i am logged in as admintg1911 thanks for the link ill try Eraser Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marko_tomas13 Posted March 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 I tried Eraser, and the task could not be completed because it came back with an "Error: there is no data to erase"I'm at my wits end here I had a problem like this on my old comp but i easily fixed it but this is being stubborn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikex Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 Safe Modeand admin should work fine. don't log on your id in safe mode, you'll prob'lly get the same errors.M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marko_tomas13 Posted March 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 Safe Modeand admin should work fine. don't log on your id in safe mode, you'll prob'lly get the same errors.M Thanks for the suggestion but i think that was the 2nd thing i tried There seems to be no way around this for now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 Is it an AVI file? If so something here should work.Cannot delete avi file. What they say is that WinXP tries to preview the file therefore it is considered in use. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikex Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 DO you have a large hammer?LOLM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marko_tomas13 Posted March 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 Is it an AVI file? If so something here should work.Cannot delete avi file. What they say is that WinXP tries to preview the file therefore it is considered in use. No its a .wmv file unfortunately and mikex im working on getting one lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marko_tomas13 Posted March 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 Just noticed something, i tried to create a text file with the same name and then name is too long by about 4 characters.I think that may have something to do with it but cannot find a solution to that either... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 Just noticed something, i tried to create a text file with the same name and then name is too long by about 4 characters.I think that may have something to do with it but cannot find a solution to that either... Can you rename the .wmv file to something short then do the same with the text file? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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